American - Athlete | October 13, 1977 -
I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train.
Paul Pierce
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I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks.
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I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.
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I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters.
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What people don't understand is the summertime is motivation - how willing you're willing to work for the upcoming season - and I think, as older players, once you see that drive fall off in the summer, then I think it's time to hang it up.
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People probably won't even remember I played for the Clippers.
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When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?
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Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting.
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I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me.
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If somebody said, 'You're going to be the Number 1 pick; you're going to have a great team around you all these years'? It would've been too easy.
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I want to see my child grow.
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Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this.
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